First of all my number is 347-560-3731. I prefer that you text instead of calling.

After my free coding offer over the past 2.5 years I've made a decision to end it. I've coded aver 3500 cars at this point. I end it mainly due to absolute lack of time at the new job and few other personal factors that you won't care about.
I will keep on coding but it won't be free this time.

The thread grew a lot in the past year, a lot of people come here from Google and other forums and have no idea what "coding" and what the whole thing is about.
For the most part these cars are made the same for the whole world. But every country has their laws and regulations about how a car should look and perform like. For example here in the US we have a regulation that calls for amber reflectors or lights on the front side of the car. Look outside and you'll see that every single car from Geo Metro to Maybach has some sort of amber light in the headlights. Or In Canada any recent model requires to have DRL lights. Or in the UK your car must have rear fog lights. Or in Switzerland if your car has HID's it must have headlight washers. And so on.

All BMW's have those options pre-programmed in their computer modules and depending on market they're either enabled or disabled. To simply put I access those modules and change values in them, therefore changing the behavior of the car. This is not hacking or "jailbreaking", the car had all these features from the factory but they are simply disabled or enabled depending on the target market of the car. This does not void the warranty.

Pricing
I tried making it as simple as possible

There are 3 groups of options.
The simplest ones are Group 1 which cost $40 with a total limit of 10 options. If you want more than 10 options then you have to upgrade to Group 2 which gives you 10 more options for a total of 20 + additional options that present in Group 2. The Option Group #3 gives you access to everything and no option limit.

To make it simpler - If you do just the Alpina flash which is $100, you get everything else and as much as you want.
If you get an option from option pack 2, such as DVD in motion, you get that and any other selection from both groups 2 and 1 with a total limit of 20.
If you get Option Group 1 you get only the options in that group with a total limit of 10.

The cars that I've coded before are only $20, excluding advanced features from groups 2 and 3.

I accept cash, credit and debit cars on the spot.

My schedule and address

I moved to Central Jersey in July. Pretty easy to get to, exit 9 on the turnpike.

My number is 347-560-3731. I prefer that you text me as opposed to calling because I have a day job and I normally can't answer the phone during the day but can reply to texts at any time.

Cars that I can code:

I specialize in 2006+ E series but can also code any BMW/MINI/ROLLS ROYCE models starting 2000 and up to today. E, F, Z, X, R.
Please note that older (2005-2006) E9x, E6x and E7x have very little available options.

Depending on your car's build date, some of the things listed below will not be possible to code.

Options:

Option group #1$40, 10 options maximum.

Disable seat belt reminder gong for when you don't have seat belt on.

Enable closing of windows and sunroof with the key fob.

Enable unlocking of the doors when the engine is shut off (won't have to pull the door handle twice).

Allow one touch close operation of the windows while the door is open.

M3 cluster retrofit (such as M3 cluster on a regular 3 series) with retaining of the original mileage. Local only, example

Resetting airbag and restraint systems after airbag deployment (deleting "crash" data from the ABG. Local only.

Q/A

Q: How experienced are you?A: At this point I've probably coded easily over 3500 cars. Figure 2-3 cars a day for 2.5 years straight.

Q: I have a coding-related question / Can you set up my laptop for coding? / Can you share daten files? / etc.A: Simple answer - no. There are plenty of resources on the internet related to the coding. Your question will be ignored.

Q: Will I lose the coding if I go to a dealer?A: If they update software on your car then most likely yes. Think of it like reinstalling Windows on a PC. Every time you do that you lose everything and need to reconfigure everything from scratch.

Q: Will it void my warranty?A: No. I had no one call me that their dealer voided the warranty. Dealers don't really care for coding as it's not really modifying the car, but rather exploiting its full potential. I brought my own car to service with very obvious coding (front and rear foglights turn on when you unlock the car, M digital speedo, etc) and they never said a word. But as always with things like that your mileage may vary.

Q: Is it reversible?A: Yes but only for me or another "coder". There's no easy way for you to reset it.

Q: Do you offer remote coding?A: It's in the works

Q: Can you come to my town/cityA: I can come within driving range under 100 miles and if you gather at least 5 cars.
I can also fly out to your state but the number of cars has to be at least 20-30 and we'll need a full day.

I'd like to get some coding done sometime this year. If I can get ppl would you come out to the Cars and Coffee meet in Lehigh Valley, Pa? I think it would be a good idea to get some bimmers together at a meet and also get coding done there. The next meet is on the 28th of April, 9am to noonish

I think it's amazing that you started doing this for free for members. I can obviously see why you're asking for some $ in return for your services now. My buddy and I are planning to come see you in Brunswick at some point in our E92 M3's.

I'd like to get some coding done sometime this year. If I can get ppl would you come out to the Cars and Coffee meet in Lehigh Valley, Pa? I think it would be a good idea to get some bimmers together at a meet and also get coding done there. The next meet is on the 28th of April, 9am to noonish

As I explained in the OP I can easily do coding meets as long as we have a decent number of cars (say 5-8).